A sign at Wayne National Forest's Athens Ranger Station on U.S. Route 33 in Nelsonville is among many that would have to be replaced if Ohio's only national forest undergoes a proposed name change to ...

A canopy of coniferous trees near Utah Ridge Pond in Wayne National Forest is seen from below. The Trump administration wants to increase timber harvesting in the more than 100 million acres of ...

Feb. 23—NELSONVILLE — This spring, the Wayne National Forest is preparing prescribed fires in three areas totaling up to 3,088 acres on the Athens and Ironton Ranger Districts. Oak-dominated forests ...

NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Some 40 Native American tribes have ancestral ties to Wayne National Forest, a quarter-million acres spread across portions of Appalachian southeastern Ohio. Their citizens ...

Wayne National Forest is named for “Mad” Anthony Wayne, a Revolutionary War general who later fought Native Americans in Ohio Credit: Zack Frank Credit: Zack Frank The name of Ohio’s only national ...

The U.S. Forest Service has caused a firestorm by proposing that Ohio’s only national forest undergo a name change. The Forest Service wants to change the name of the forest in southeastern Ohio from ...

NELSONVILLE — The Wayne National Forest planted a Moon Tree sapling at its Forest Headquarters building May 23 as part of an initiative between NASA and the U.S. Forest Service. Wayne National Forest ...

NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WXIX) - An Ohio national forest’s name could change due to the controversial history of the man it was named after, according to the USDA Forest Service. Located about 120 miles ...

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing renaming the Wayne National Forest to Buckeye National Forest, per the request of several indigenous nations. The U.S. Forest Service is proposing renaming the ...

The name of Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne, as well as his nickname, "Mad Anthony," lives on through many places in southern Ohio. There's Anthony Wayne Elementary School in Franklin and Waynesville, a ...